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Suggest Treatment For Stress And Anxiety Causing Sleeplessness

My wife s mother was just recently diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. As a result my wife is not sleeping well. She is easily agitated. She is getting more and more forgetful because of lack of sleep. She is pushing herself to help take care of her mother and do normal daily stuff.Her mind seems to be going a million miles a minute in every which direction. It is getting increasingly more difficult to follow her thought in conversations. I feel as if she s going to burn out, crash or something like that. I know that because of her mother s condition some of this is normal. I try to help with the daily b.s. but how do I get her to slow down and declutter her mind and prioritize things?
Tue, 19 Jan 2016
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Welcome to HCM
I have read and understood your query
Hope it may help
your wife is distress because of her mother's illness which is quite normal. but she also needs to take care of herself.The best thing you can do about her is to talk her through this and give her maximum support.Show more love and affection towards her.tell her it is very important to take care of herself if she wants to help her mother as distressing herself wont help her mother ailment.tell her that she needs to stay healthy if she wants her to help her mother to get through her disease.
You can take her out and do activities like watching a movie or have a walk with her.Talk to her about your daily activities and keep asking her opinion about every little things.
I will be happy to know if it was helpful.You can approach us anytime with another query
Regards
Dr Faeza Sherdil
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Suggest Treatment For Stress And Anxiety Causing Sleeplessness

Welcome to HCM I have read and understood your query Hope it may help your wife is distress because of her mother s illness which is quite normal. but she also needs to take care of herself.The best thing you can do about her is to talk her through this and give her maximum support.Show more love and affection towards her.tell her it is very important to take care of herself if she wants to help her mother as distressing herself wont help her mother ailment.tell her that she needs to stay healthy if she wants her to help her mother to get through her disease. You can take her out and do activities like watching a movie or have a walk with her.Talk to her about your daily activities and keep asking her opinion about every little things. I will be happy to know if it was helpful.You can approach us anytime with another query Regards Dr Faeza Sherdil